{"id":226870,"date":"2025-12-15T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T00:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=226870"},"modified":"2025-12-15T14:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T00:28:13","slug":"matsuzawa-ap-all-america-first-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/15\/matsuzawa-ap-all-america-first-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Matsuzawa makes history as AP<\/abbr> All-America First Team selection"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

\"Kansei<\/p>\n

University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa football<\/a> placekicker Kansei Matsuzawa added another historic achievement to his standout season, becoming just the second Rainbow Warrior ever named to the Associated Press (AP<\/abbr>) All-America First Team. Matsuzawa was also named to the Walter Camp and CBS<\/abbr> Sports All-America First Team.<\/p>\n

The Tokyo, Japan native joins Al Noga, who earned the honor in 1986, as the only Rainbow Warrior players to receive first-team recognition from the AP<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

Matsuzawa\u2019s selection marks the first time a UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa football player has been named an AP<\/abbr> All-American since Greg Salas earned third-team honors in 2010.<\/p>\n

Voted on by the 52-member AP<\/abbr> Top 25 panel, the AP<\/abbr> All-America team is one of five organizations that contribute to the NCAA<\/abbr>\u2019s official consensus All-America honors. In addition to the three first team honors, Matsuzawa has been named to five All-America second teams.<\/p>\n

Nicknamed the “Tokyo Toe,” Matsuzawa finished the regular season 25-of-26 on field goal attempts and was a finalist for the Lou Groza Award.<\/p>\n

All-America Teams:<\/p>\n